DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z September 3, 2021
SMOKE:
Western and Central U.S/South Central and Northeastern Canada/Pacific
Ocean...
Widespread wildfire activity continues to be observed over parts of
the Western and Northwestern U.S. which has resulted in several large
regions of moderate to thick density smoke this morning. Thick density
smoke continues to be observed over most of Northern California over
and to the northwest and northeast of the Dixie and Caldor wildfire
complexes and several other large wildfire complexes present in Northern
California. Thick density smoke is also present over Western Oregon over
and to the west of large wildfire activity. Thick smoke was observed over
Northern Nevada, parts of Idaho, parts of Montana, Northwestern Wyoming,
and over the Central Plains over the Dakotas and Nebraska. Light to
moderate density smoke is present over most of the Central and Southern
Plains as well as over the Lower Mississippi Valley and over parts of
the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Light to moderate density smoke was
also observed over a small region of the Northern Ohio River Valley
earlier today. Moderate to thick density smoke was also observed over
parts of South Central Canada including Eastern Manitoba and Western
Ontario as well as over Northeastern Canada including Northern Quebec,
however cloud cover over this region made smoke analysis difficult. Thick
density smoke continues to be observed over large regions of the CONUS
from wildfire activity in the Western U.S this morning.
DUST:
Gulf of Mexico/Cuba/Northwestern and Eastern Caribbean Sea/Western
Atlantic...
A large region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed over
the Southeastern, Central, Northwestern, Western, and Southwestern Gulf
of Mexico, but not over the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico as well as over
parts of the Northwestern Caribbean Sea including parts of Cuba. Light
to moderate density Saharan dust was also observed over the Eastern
Caribbean Sea including the Lesser Antilles as well as to the northeast
of this region over a large region of the Western Atlantic Ocean west
of Hurricane Larry in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Sambucci
THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF
SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED
FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE.
TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE
ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE
AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE
FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:
JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov